Fakir Mohan University


Fakir Mohan University is named after prominent Odia writer Fakir Mohan Senapati. The seat of the Vice-Chancellor is in the new campus located at Nuapadhi, Balasore, Odisha, India.

History

This university was established by the Government of Odisha, under Section 32 of the Odisha Universities Act, 1989. It has been accredited by the Association of Indian Universities since 2000 and is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK.
It was carved out of the Utkal University in 1999 and acts as an affiliating university. FM University has 92 colleges and 15,000 students at the graduate and postgraduate levels. It is the only university in India that offers a postgraduate course in Ballistics.

Campuses

FM University is functioning in two campuses: the old campus at Januganj, besides the National Highway near Remuna Golei and the new campus at Nuapadhi.

Collaborations/linkages with national institutions

  1. Dept. of BBA
  2. Dept. of Biotech and Bioscience
  3. Dept. of Botany
  4. Dept. of Business Management
  5. Dept. of Chemistry
  6. Dept. of Commerce
  7. Dept. of Education
  8. Dept. of Environmental Science
  9. Dept. of Geography
  10. Dept. of Geology
  11. Dept. of History & Archaeology
  12. Dept. of Information and Communication Technology
  13. Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication
  14. Dept. of Language and Literature
  15. Dept. of Mathematics
  16. Dept. of Population Studies
  17. Dept. of Social Science
  18. Dept. of Zoology
  19. Master of Law
  20. Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education
Dept. of Applied Physics and Ballistics

Facilities

The university has Computer lab, Bioscience and Biotechnology lab, BIF- Computer lab, Environmental Science lab and Applied Physics & Ballistics lab.
There is a centralised computer centre, central library with internet connection.
Welfare facilities include UCO bank, two ATMs, one canteen, a common gym for both boys and girls, a mini indoor stadium, one cricket field, one volley field, one boys hostel, two girls hostel, staff quarters and a guest house.